FOREST AND STREAM. 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL, 



Devoted to Field and Aquatic Sports, Practical Natural History, 

 Fish Culture, the Protection op Game, Presrvation op Forests, 

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NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCT. 1G, 1873. 



To Correspondents. 



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Calendar of Events for the Current Week. 



Friday, October 17th.— Catskill Association, N. Y Driving Park, 



Freeport, 111 Little Rock Fair, Arkansas. 



Saturday, October 18th.— Boat Clubs foot of 133d street, Harlem.... 



Yale College Boat Club, Fall Regatta Jerome Park Races Fordham. 



N. Y Leland Medal New York Rowing Club, Harlem. 



Tuesday, October 21st.— Lexington Trotting Horse Asssociation, Lex- 

 ington, Ky Cotton States Fair, Augusta, Ga East Meridian Fair, 



Miss. 



Wednesday, October 22d.— Yacht Match; Janette vs Eclipse Lex- 

 ington Horse Association, Ky....East Meridian Fair, Miss — Cotton 

 States Fair, Augusta Ga Mountain Park Fair, Brookville, Pa. . . .Ves- 

 pers vs Palisades Boat Clubs, Yonkers, N. Y. 



Thursday, October 23d.— Lexington Horse Association, Lexington, 



Ky East Meridian Fair, Miss. . . .Cotton States Fair, Augusta, Ga. . . . 



Mountain Park Fair, Brookville, Pa. 



OCEAN YACHTING. 



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PREVIOUS to the ocean regattas of the New York 

 Yacht Squadron, the journals of the country were filled 

 with unpleasant allusions to the yachtsmen as fair weather 

 sailors and dandies. Now we have always maintained that 

 there is a certain proper discretion to be used even in the 

 most daring enterprises, as in this case, of the contest be- 

 tween the Meta and Vision. We hold that the Vision was 

 perfectly justified, and showed discreet and good judgment 

 under the circumstances in not sailing over the course, 

 with eminent danger staring her in the face. The owner 

 and sailing master are always, or ought to be, the best 

 -judges whether to continue on the course or return. As it 

 was fortunately enough there was no material accident; 

 but most of the Meta's friends were sadly alarmed, and 

 many were the anxious inquiries at the different telegraph 

 stations for news of the Meta. Yach sailing over a course 

 of some 300 miles out at sea, as in the late ocean regatta 

 (two of the same yachts will most probably sail over the 

 course for a cup to-morrow) is no child's or man's play. 

 It must be observed that cruising and racing are totally dif- 

 ferent, as when a gentleman takes his friends on a cruise 

 he has his ordinary sails set, and takes his time and matters 

 leisurely; but where honor, pride and purse are at stake, 

 he crowds on all sail to the utmost limit and runs every 

 risk. Most of the owners of yachts have been accustomed 

 to sail boats from their youth upwards, but it must be 

 borne in mind that for several months in the year the 

 yachts arc laid up, and the owners are otherwise employed. 

 Not so with the sailor, who is ever on the water, summer 

 said winter, rough or smooth, making this roving life his 

 profession. It therefore requires considerable time in the 



summer before the yacht owners can bring their minds to 

 sailing on a lee shore, with a gale of wind blowing in their 

 teeth — a thing never accomplished unless by mail boats 

 or on a matter of life or death. Hence it behooves all men 

 to acknowledge at once the splendid exhibition of skill, 

 manliness, gallantry and general seamanship which we 

 have' just witnessed on the part* of the yachtsmen, and to 

 make the amende honorable forthwith. 



FIRST 



ANNUAL PRIZE MATCH AT 

 CREEDMOOR. 



TN honorable rivalry there were assembled on Wednes- 

 ^- day, Thursday, Friday and Saturday last, at Creedmoor, 

 the Regulars, members of the National Guard, sportsmen 

 and sharpshooters, contending for the prizes of the first 

 National Rifle Match ever held in the United States. From 

 this most fortunate inauguration of the rifle movement, 

 which took place last week, we can hope for the fullest 

 success of the Creedmoor range. Next year it will un- 

 doubtedly call forth marksmen from England, and the best 

 Wimbledon teams will be pitted against our own men. 

 Our people are quick to learn, and there is no doubt but 

 that they will soon gain not only zest for this admirable 

 sport, but will be among the most skillful riflemen. 



The creation of the range at Creedmoor, in such a short 

 space of time, and the excellent manner in which the 

 matches were conducted deserve the greatest praise. In our 

 columns will be found a full and complete account of the 

 history of Creedmoor and of the match, together with the 

 scores, list of prizes, name of winners, analysis, &c, to 

 which we refer our readers. 



> DESTRUCTION OF BUFFALO. 



UR Denver (Colorado) correspondent alludes with much 

 feeling to the wanton waste of animal life and food in 

 the Far West, especially of the buffalo, whicft are slaugh- 

 tered for their skins by the hundred thousand, and left to rot 

 in their tracks. A skin is worth only $1,25, while the carcass 

 of an average weight of 1,000 pounds, and worth at five cents 

 a pound, fifty dollars, is cast aside to gorge the coyotes and 

 buzzards. These facts are by no means new. They have 

 been published and reprinted dozens of times. But it may 

 be a matter of news even to the inhabitants of Colorado 

 themselves to be informed that there is a territorial game 

 law, approved February 9th, 1872, which if enforced would 

 promptly meet the necessities of the case, and prevent for- 

 ever this wholesale waste and destruction. We quote: 



u Sec. 6th. Hereafter when any buffalo, elk, deer, ante- 

 lope, or any other f ourfooted game, shall be killed by any- 

 one, such person or persons shall not leave any edible por- 

 tion of such game so killed to waste, but shall take care of 

 and preserve or bring into market each and all parts of such 

 game that are edible. " 



The penalty for violation of this section is twenty-five 

 dollars for each offense. It is apparent therefore that for 

 the paltry gain of one dollar and a half these vandals are 

 willing to forego the market advantage of fifty dollars ad- 

 ditional, and to risk the payment of twenty-five dollars fine. 

 We don't perceive by what business rules of speculation 

 the ultimate profit accrues. 



Now it may be urged in extenuation of the hunters that 

 it would not pay to carry the meat to market; and in be- 

 half of the Territorial officials that it would be impossible 

 to enforce this law in a country of such vast extent, and so 

 sparsely populated as Colorado. In isolated cases it would 

 be, but as a rule the locality of the buffalo ranges, the 

 personel of every party organized to hunt, and the time of 

 their going forth, are as well known as any other plain facts 

 within human observation ; and we maintain that it is en. 

 tirely owing to the laxity and leniency of the constituted 

 authorities that prosecutions are not pressed. Tens of 

 thousands of buffalo cannot be slaughtered in a single battue 

 without somebody becoming cognizant of the fact. It 

 would not be difficult to employ detectives to attach them- 

 selves, in some cases, to the larger hunting parties, and in 

 others to follow and observe the violators of the law. 

 Proof, then, would not be wanting to convict the guilty, 

 and future parties would be deterred from like offences by 

 the fear of espionage upon their organization and practices. 

 The hunters themselves would be brought in time to see 

 the present advantages that they now deliberately and fool- 

 ishly throw away, and the prospective loss that must en- 

 sue from their reckless destruction of valuable life. 



As to the facilities for carrying meat to markets, well, it 

 is much less trouble to transport the carcasses of dead 

 buffalo than to herd, fatten, and drive live cattle, through 

 long months of risk and exposure, to the nearest market. 

 It well repays those parties who send occasional carcasses 

 of buffalo to the markets of the eastern States for consump- 

 tion, and where profit can be made to accrue, appliances 

 are never wanting to " pan it out." When the Indians 

 "make meat," that is, dry their buff alo beef for their winter 

 supplies, they find no difficulty to transport it; and now 

 certainly, with the facilities of a great arterial railway run- 

 ning through some of the buffalo ranges, and approximat- 

 ing others, it need not be pleaded that the hunters cannot 

 bring the carcasses to market with profit. Old bull-beef 

 might be left to the wolves and carrion eaters, and the terri- 

 torial law should be so modified as not to apply to the tough 

 and indigestible viands ; but even of the most ancient pa 

 triarchjthe tongue is always available, and perhaps some por- 

 tion also of the hump-rib and tenderloin. Were ail the 

 meat now wasted to be utilized it would add very abund- 

 antly to our food supply, and, as in the case of horse flesh 

 in France, would be eaten in great quantities by those 



classes who cannot afford to buy domestic beef. And how 

 much superior it would be to the horseflesh of France! We 

 believe that a company could be organized with comparative- 

 ly small capital and make it profitable to gather, pack drv 

 or otherwise secure the meat " thrown cold " by the pelt' 

 hunters. By these means a very considerable amount of 

 the meat v/ould be saved, and the objects of the game laws 

 be accomplished by the ratio just so much. 

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HUMBOLDT AS A CONVERSATIONALIST 



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THE author of Cosmos, whose inner life is only now 

 being understood, must have been the possessor of 

 wonderful couversational powers. His life was evidently a 

 dual one. If illustrious as an acute, deep thinker his 

 mind ever on the stretch to unravel nature and her secrets 

 he was at the same time one of the most brilliant of talkers' 

 and delighted to throw aside his absorbing studies, and to 

 mingle with the most polished society of the French and 

 German capitals. 



Mr. Hay ward, known to the many readers of Faust, as 

 Goethe's best translator, mentions an anecdote of Humboldt 

 as a frequenter of a salon, which though not exactly com- 

 plimentary to human nature, has no end of point and clev- 

 erness about it. Gerard, the famous French painter, cele- 

 brated for the galaxy of talent which graced his drawing- 

 room, among whom were Madame de Stael, Tallyerand 

 Rossini, Cuvier, and De Vegny, was telling a story about a 

 certain artist in Florence who had been called upon to paint 

 a picture of Hymen, The person who gave the order was 

 on the eve of marriage to a beautiful woman, and his con- 

 ception of what the allegorical Hymen should be, was 

 quite rapturous. It had to be painted before his marriage 

 day. The artist worked with a will and produced a won- 

 derful picture. It did not satisfy, however, the expecta- 

 tions of the young man; it did not have fire nor beauty 

 enough. It must be remodeled. The artist, a patient man, 

 promised to rework it, but mentally determined not to 

 touch what he thought was his masterpiece. Some months 

 elapsed before the enamored man came for his picture. On 

 peeing it he seemed disappointed. "Your Hymen I do not 

 think you have improved; if anything, it has an expression 

 of over-beaming joy which is by no means natural." "Sir,'' 

 replied the painter, laughing, "it is not my picture which 

 has changed, but your feelings. Some months ago you 

 were in love, now you are married." This may be taken 

 as quite a pretty example of true French badinage, and ac- 

 cordingly a murmur of applause was heard in the salon. 

 "And do you know what happened afterwards?" asked 

 some one. Every eye was turned on the new speaker. 

 "The painter, content with the price he had received, 

 promised to represent Hymen so as to please both lovers 

 and husbands, and after some months opened his rooms for 

 the exhibition of a masterpiece. The public came, but only 

 a few were admitted at a time. The picture was placed in 

 a long gallery, and quite at the end. The effect of the 

 colors was so contrived as to render the portrait of Hymen 

 appear charming to those who saw it from a distance, but seen 

 close, it was no longer the same, and nothing that had 

 charmed was discovered in it." This ingenious and im- 

 provised continuation was duly applauded, not the less 

 when the narrator stood confessed as one of the royalties of 

 science, Alexander Von Humboldt. 



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SCIENCE IN CALIFORNIA. 



T is amazing to notice the vast strides California is mak- 

 ing in education. Not only is her public school system 

 admirable of its kind, but the efforts she is making to found 

 and establish higher seats of learning, is beyond all praise. 

 Her University of California, now installed at Berkeley, 

 gives excellent promise of future usefulness, and in the 

 composition of the Faculty we notice many names quite- 

 distinguished in chemistry, astronomy, and natural science. 

 California is even producing books, which show the drift of 

 an intellectual activity. Possessing, as she does, animals, 

 birds, fishes, and plants which are but little known to us on 

 this side of the continent, with the same wonderful compre- 

 hensiveness she has displayed in working up her material 

 resources, she is devoloping all her scientific treasures. The 

 ' ' marine mammals of the north western coast of N orth Amer- 

 ica," is a book California proposes presenting to us shortly, 

 which will give us an insight into a subject which has never 

 yet been thoroughly treated. It is not alone by her schools 

 and books that this wonderful material, social, and literary 

 progress is manifested, but San Francisco is absolutely sur- 

 passing us herein New York, in giving her citizens the op- 

 portunity to study nature in a practical way. In San Francisco 

 they have an aquarium ; and not only is it a very large one, 

 but it is admirably stocked. We copy the following from 

 the Weekly Alta: — 



"The aquarium building at Woodward's Gardens is situa- 

 ted between the sea pond and the entrance from the gar- 

 dens to the amphitheatre. The upper story is used as a 

 picture gallery. The arrangement for the tanks beneath is 

 very simple. They are sixteen in number, raised on each 

 side so that one side of each tank is on a level with a man's 

 shoulder. A person passing through this lower apartment 

 sees on each side of him, as it were, sections of the sea 

 containing marine life. The side of the tank toward him is 

 glass, the water is open to the sunlight above, and no light 

 can reach the passage way, except by first passing through 

 the water in the tanks and the glass fronts. The tanks are 

 made of Frear stone. The water for the marine fish jS 

 brought from the deep sea, near the Farallones, where it is 

 found clear as crystal. It is kept constantly in motion, 

 and aerated by the falling of a stream. This work has 



